Ayahuasca - A Tea Laced with Controversy - Marlene Dobkin de Rios interview (excerpt)

[micaminosagrado]

There is no serious interaction between the interviewer and Marlene Dobkin de Rios. It's a Q & A and the interview is badly prepared. Boring.

[GnosticMedia]

@micaminosagrado This is a 10 min excerpt of the entire interview. Did you listen to the whole thing? It even provided the link where you could hear the entire interview and concluded with "hear the full interview at... "

[micaminosagrado]

@GnosticMedia Let me first of all say that it is not my intention to offend you in any way. I just think the way the questions are being asked doesn't make a proper interaction (two-way communication) possible and somehow in my perception it felt like if there is no real interest in the answers, as if the questions were prepared instead of anticipating on the answers. I didn't listen to the rest because I got bored. I've listened to some of your other interviews which were way better.

[micaminosagrado]

@GnosticMedia This interview sounds like a more natural conversation:

/watch?v=nETajvN4iqY

[RevoltAgainstLies]

I am suffering from a mental breakdown as a result of attending an Ayahuasca 'workshop' in the Peruvian Amazon in a couple of years ago. In researching Dr. Dobkin de Rios, I came upon this video. I wish I would've read her book before deciding to drink Ayahuasca, as it would've definitely influenced me not to drink it. Unfortunately, I am left damaged while reading such accurate warnings about Ayahuasca only after the fact.

[GnosticMedia]

You'll need to contact someone who knows what they're doing. Ayahuasca is very safe, but can have rare issues. Contact me directly through my website and I'll send you some info on professionals who specialize in this specific area. You're likely not permanently damaged, you just need some direction and the proper solutions. Go to my website and listen to my interview with Stanislav Grof regarding LSD - it's on the podcast page

[kurtwashere111]

@RevoltAgainstLies Wow, thats pretty fucking pathetic. Iv Drink aya many times and to think a grown person could say there suffering a lingering mental break down from ayahuasca is pathetic, you had problems long before that date.

[GnosticMedia]

@kurtwashere111 People that start into a bad experience and then stop it without finishing it through can be "stuck" in their trip in a matter of speaking. If you listen to my podcast with Stan Grof, he explains that if you have a bad trip you should always go back and finish it ASAP. Never finish in a bad trip and leave it that way. It means you have unresolved psychological issues that you need to go back in and face.

[GnosticMedia]

@RevoltAgainstLies People that start into a bad experience and then stop it without finishing it through can be "stuck" in their trip in a matter of speaking. If you listen to my podcast with Stan Grof, he explains that if you have a bad trip you should always go back and finish it ASAP. Never finish in a bad trip and leave it that way. It means you have unresolved psychological issues that you need to go back in and face.

[GixxxerKim]

boring. Not as enlightening as I expected. :(

[trcysttt]

We are at least an exquisite synthesis of the Nature that comprises our environment. Nature is symphonic and avoids superfluousness. Hence, it follows that the various entheogens that evolved alongside human beings during our development are integral components to our existence.

Divorced from our inherent nature and divinity, humanity cannot thrive in a vacuum. Perhaps thoughtful reintegration of entheogens into a thoughtful society is crucial for our continued evolution and survival.

peace

[trcysttt]

Prohibition of entheogens seems concomitant with a society plagued by substance abuse, spiritual disconnect, moribund materialism, robotization, and pandemic mental illness.

Indeed, there is a diminishing of the inherent divinity of the human vehicle. In the end of this seemingly purposeful routing of humanity's potential, the world may be populated by exquisitely programmable, soulless drones, bred specifically for an eternity of the most spirit-denigrating, mundane serfdom.

peace&power

[Kullg4r]

A tea laced with consciousness.

[mattghtpa]

It's astounding that the Abrahamic religions, and I presume primarily the Judeo-Christian, now known to have been steeped and heavily influenced by entheogens, are the principal reason for the historical deletion of such knowledge and practices.

In fact, the entire goal seems nothing more than campaign against enlightenment and understanding.

A forced disconnect from the intrinsic harmony and naturalistic connection consciousness achieves through entheogens.

All for political gain. Sad.